Awami League leaders are being arrested one after another in connection with the murder of MP Anwarul Azim Anar. The name of Saidul Karim Mintu, general secretary of Jhenaidah district Awami League, has come up among those involved in Ana's murder. He was arrested by the police.
A team of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested him from the capital's Dhanmondi area around 4pm on Tuesday (June 11).
Earlier on June 6, Jhenaidah district Awami League's Relief and Social Welfare Affairs Secretary Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu alias Gas Babu was arrested by the Detective Branch (DB) of police.
A source of Dhaka Metropolitan Police claimed that Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen, the mastermind of Anar's murder, had contact with Saidul Karim Mintoo, general secretary of the district Awami League.
Meanwhile, quoting Awami League leader Kazi Kamal Ahmed Babu alias Gas Babu a DB source said that after killing MP Anar in a flat in Kolkata, the killers took pictures of the body. Shimul Bhuiyan sent the photo to Kazi Kamal Ahmed alias Gas Babu's WhatsApp. After receiving the photo, Gas Babu thanked Shimul Bhuiyan. Originally, the local Awami League leader worked for Akhtaruzzaman Shaheen, the mastermind of the murder. Even after the murder, Gas Babu had several conversations with Akhtaruzzaman Shahin about various related issues.
